Intentions to Marry, 1915 Rangiora to Chatham Islands (includes Otago)

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840462, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1915 is bound in six volumes (a to f) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1915f contains pages 2619-3266, covering districts from Rangiora to Chatham Islands (includes Otago)

Page 2772

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar Henry Maxwell

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

27 January 1915

William Ridgway Hall
Harriet Elizabeth Snowden

William Ridgway Hall
Harriet Elizabeth Snowden
💍 1915/415

Bachelor
Widow

Mariner

48
43

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 years
7 years

Registrar's Office Dunedin

222

27 January 1915

H. Maxwell

No	29
Date of Notice	27 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ridgway Hall	Harriet Elizabeth Snowden
	💍 1915/415
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Mariner
Age	48	43
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Dunedin
Folio	222
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1915
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

27 January 1915

Edward Mulcare
Jean Jamieson

Edward Mulcare
Jean Jamieson
💍 1915/9456

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver

28
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 months
4 weeks

St Joseph's Cathedral Dunedin

1813

27 January 1915

D. O'Connell

No	30
Date of Notice	27 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Mulcare	Jean Jamieson
	💍 1915/9456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 months	4 weeks
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Cathedral Dunedin
Folio	1813
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1915
Officiating Minister	D. O'Connell

30 January 1915

Archibald McKay
Jean Muir Anderson

Archibald McKay
Jean Muir Anderson
💍 1915/2529

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist

24
21

Dunedin
Green Island

9 years
1 year

Presbyterian Church Green Island

4260

30 January 1915

I. Kilpatrick

No	31
Date of Notice	30 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald McKay	Jean Muir Anderson
	💍 1915/2529
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Green Island
Length of Residence	9 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Green Island
Folio	4260
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1915
Officiating Minister	I. Kilpatrick

1 February 1915

James Christie
Alice Jessie Keppenberger

James Christie
Alice Jessie Kippenberger
💍 1915/416

Bachelor
Spinster

Tiler

56
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 years
7 years

Registrar's Office Dunedin

223

1 February 1915

H. Maxwell

No	32
Date of Notice	1 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Christie	Alice Jessie Keppenberger
BDM Match (98%)	James Christie	Alice Jessie Kippenberger
	💍 1915/416
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tiler
Age	56	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Dunedin
Folio	223
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1915
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

2 February 1915

James Alexander McKay
Janet Elizabeth Stewart

James Alexander McKay
Janet Elizabeth Stewart
💍 1915/18

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

36
32

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 years
12 years

Waratah Tea Rooms George Street Dunedin

4385

2 February 1915

E. A. Axelsen

No	33
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alexander McKay	Janet Elizabeth Stewart
	💍 1915/18
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Waratah Tea Rooms George Street Dunedin
Folio	4385
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1915
Officiating Minister	E. A. Axelsen

2 February 1915

John George McKinnon
Beatrice Madeline Seven

John George McKinnon
Beatrice Madeline Swan
💍 1915/9474

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

35
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
27 years

Methodist Church Anderson's Bay

1807

2 February 1915

A. J. Seamer

No	34
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John George McKinnon	Beatrice Madeline Seven
BDM Match (94%)	John George McKinnon	Beatrice Madeline Swan
	💍 1915/9474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Anderson's Bay
Folio	1807
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1915
Officiating Minister	A. J. Seamer

3 February 1915

James Kennedy Mooney
Gertrude Muriel Gibson

James Kennedy Mooney
Gertrude Muriel Gibson
💍 1915/9476

Bachelor
Spinster

Exporter

30
30

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

St Matthew's Church Dunedin

1809

3 February 1915

W. Curzon-Siggers

No	35
Date of Notice	3 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Kennedy Mooney	Gertrude Muriel Gibson
	💍 1915/9476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Exporter
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church Dunedin
Folio	1809
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1915
Officiating Minister	W. Curzon-Siggers

3 February 1915

John Le Page
Evelene McLellan

John Le Page
Eveline McLellan
💍 1915/9473

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

34
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

12 years
22 years

House of Mr H.S. Pearson 21 Serpentine Avenue Dunedin

1806

3 February 1915

R. Fairmaid

No	36
Date of Notice	3 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Le Page	Evelene McLellan
BDM Match (97%)	John Le Page	Eveline McLellan
	💍 1915/9473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr H.S. Pearson 21 Serpentine Avenue Dunedin
Folio	1806
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1915
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

3 February 1915

Lionel Lewis Loasby
Ann Scott Barron

Lionel Lewis Loasby
Ann Scott Barron
💍 1915/9440

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

30
32

Dunedin
Dunedin

30 years
32 years

House of Mrs E. Barron Ballance Street Caversham

1796

3 February 1915

D. Dutton

No	37
Date of Notice	3 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Lewis Loasby	Ann Scott Barron
	💍 1915/9440
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	30 years	32 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs E. Barron Ballance Street Caversham
Folio	1796
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1915
Officiating Minister	D. Dutton

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).